Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95 | Music

Mo Ostin.

Mo Ostin, the US record executive who signed the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix and presided over Warner/Reprise records for three decades, has died aged 95. “Mo Ostin was one of a kind,” said record executive […]

Jean-Louis Trintignant, star of A Man and a Woman and Amour, dies aged 91 | Movies

Trintignant in A Man and a Woman.

Jean-Louis Trintignant, the French actor closely associated with the European new waves of the 1960s and 70s, has died aged 91. His wife, Mariane Hoepfner Trintignant, announced the news to AFP. Born in 1930, Trintignant’s […]

Depeche Mode’s Andrew Fletcher dies aged 60 | Music

Depeche Mode appear on Top The Pops in 1981, featuring L-R Andrew Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Vince Clarke.

Andrew Fletcher, keyboardist and founding member of British electronic band Depeche Mode, has died aged 60. A statement issued by the band on social media said: “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with […]

Colin Cantwell dead – Legend who created iconic Star Wars aircraft and Death Star dies aged 90

Colin Cantwell has died at the age of 90

LEGENDARY Star Wars aircraft creator Colin Cantwell has died at the age of 90 The artist’s partner Sierra Dall revealed that he passed away on Saturday in Colorado. 2 Colin Cantwell has died at the […]

Composer and Early Synth Pioneer Vangelis Is Dead – Aged 79

Composer Vangelis is dead

Photo Credit: Piano Piano! / CC by 2.0 Famed composer and early synth pioneer Vangelis is dead. The composer’s assistant confirmed the news. Vangelis lent his famous sound to movie soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire […]

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79 | Music

Vangelis at his home in London, 1982.

Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. His representatives said he died in hospital in France […]

Klaus Schulze, German electronic music pioneer, dies aged 74 | Music

Schulze circa 1972.

Klaus Schulze, the German multi-instrumentalist whose work with drones, pulses and synthesisers was hugely influential on generations of electronic music makers, has died aged 74. Frank Uhle, managing director of Schulze’s label SVP, wrote: “We […]

Mark Lanegan dead: Singer of Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age member dies aged 57 | Ents & Arts News

Mark Lanegan during his concert in Lucerna Music Bar in Prague, Czech Republic, on 20 March, 2012. Pic: AP

Shared from news.sky.com Mark Lanegan, singer of rock band Screaming Trees and a member of Queens of the Stone Age, has died aged 57. The musician, who was also a member of The Gutter Twins, […]